More than 70,000 forced or coerced sterilizations were performed by the Indian Health Service and contracted physicians between 1960 and 1978, according to a briefing released by the New Mexico Memorial & Truth and Reconciliation Commission. An effort is now underway to find out how many of these procedures were performed between 1907 and 2018. Read the full story in the link in our bio.
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